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A flexible device on which a door turns. Proverbs 26:14 compares a lazy person turning in bed to a door turning on its hinges. The meaning of the term translated hinges at 1 Kings 7:50 (KJV, NAS, TEV) is disputed. NIV, NRSV prefer the translation sockets on the grounds that ancient doors swung on doorpins set in sockets rather than on jointed hinges. REB translates, panels.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Hinge'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​h/hinge.html. 1991.
 
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